Volunteers – Steve Gaughran (father to Maggie, who’s leading the HIV/AIDS lessons) and mother-son duo Eliza and Chase Paré arrived last weekend to spend their summer holidays at Daraja.

Steve is working on a playground for the Daraja staff and teachers’ kids; 25 small children live on campus so it will be a welcome addition that will get a lot of use.

Eliza and Chase are pitching in all over campus: chopping vegetables in the kitchen, working with the girls on study skills, and Eliza is leading some WISH classes.

Talent show – The students took a break from studying for their final exams last night for the Daraja Talent Show, which volunteer Sarah Montgomery helped put together. On the line-up were several singing routines, as well as skits, creative writing and dances. Caroline and Marylene took first prize for a poem they performed. It was a great night of talent and relaxing!

WISH
– In this week’s Women of Integrity, Strength and Hope classes Form 1 created signs to represent their personal values. They decorated the signs with stickers, letters and photographs brought by Eliza Paré. Some of the values the girls included were persistence, honesty, mindfulness and creativity. The Form 3 girls talked about how to make and keep a budget while they are at home. Form 2 worked on interview skills as they’re getting ready to go home for the break and interview more people in their communities for the oral history project.